tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785787.post110838380309348625..comments2023-05-20T13:33:55.999+01:00Comments on punctured neighbour: GIRL! i want to take you to a NaBar!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785787.post-1108392177397123932005-02-14T14:42:00.000+00:002005-02-14T14:42:00.000+00:00re: Nathan Barley. We stayed up late on Saturday ...re: Nathan Barley. We stayed up late on Saturday night to watch it and I can't help but be several emoticons at once. <br /><br />The first thing that hit me was that they had forgot to put any jokes in. So I disagree with you there, mate. It just didn't make me laugh. But that doesn't mean to say I thought it was rubbish, because I quite enjoyed it. <br /><br />There WAS plenty of tragedy, especially in the second half where the Dan Ashcroft/Charlie Brooker character tried to think of his top five wines for the Guardian supplement ("er, French, Bulgarian, Austrian, Italian and erm, South of French," was a very painful, satisfying moment.)<br /><br />In fact, Nathan didn't really feature in the second part of the episode much at all... which is understandable since writing Cunt as a scripted show is quite a difficult thing to do. Think about it: in Tv GoHome Nathan simply walked into a shop in Soho, bought a comic of Japanese amnie porn, got on his Sony Viao tricycle and exited stage left. What made it hilarious was the "Kilroy Team are waiting to hear from you" rant that came in the small print afterwards. There was this sense of commentary on all the stupid, worthless things Cunt spent his time on. Which is something that can't be translated easily into a TV show.<br /><br />The last thing I want to say: is there much point in bringing a character like Nathan to the screen when Brooker has already been beaten to the punch? Anyone who has witnessed the purile Jeremy from Peep Show will agree. There is a comic character who not only insists on spending all his mate's money on drugs and shoes, but also rants about how "Enya is pretty much the same as Jesus" at his uncle's funeral. Because it has a jokes it works on TV, whereas Nathan Barley looks set to simply disturb... and have us check out the site to remember what the fuss was all about in the first place.unimbuedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06311259017443046117noreply@blogger.com